Macklemore

Macklemore, of course, penned the brilliant and moving "Same Love" with Ryan Lewis. At the 2014 Grammys, the two even complemented their live performance with actual weddings, some of which were same-sex. In an interview last Summer, he put his views into words: "I think that looking at the hip-hop community, and holding myself accountable in the hip-hop community, was what I cared about. That's my community; that's who I see to be oppressing gay people . . . Homophobia is still rampant in the hip-hop community and it just gets the co-sign. The last year has gotten a lot better, but for so long, it was just an issue that nobody touched on."